The Mariners had already announced which prospects they were sending to compete in the Arizona Fall League, but the rosters posted today featured a swap.  Tacoma Rainiers reliever Dan Cortes has been removed from the Peoria Javelinas pitching staff and Clinton Lumberkings starter Tom Wilhelmsen will head to Arizona to take his place. Wilhelmsen was [...]

Towards the end of the offseason, I started a series that was aimed at looking at what the Mariners might do with their 2011 offseason.  Obviously, things have not worked out anywhere near where anyone has expected, so a new look and new approach will be required now. Just like the first time around, we’ll [...]

I’m down in Tacoma for a week or so house-sitting for a friend of mine, and I decided to take in last night’s Tacoma Rainiers game as long as I was here, especially as it was a Michael Pineda start and he’s right near his innings limit for 2010. Unfortunately, Pineda showed that he is [...]

So as anyone who follows me on Twitter already knows, I had a fair amount of difficulty getting a post for Saturday’s AquaSox game together.  I had the post mostly done, then a computer crash coupled with our blog interface apparently not working properly cost me the entire post.  Seeing as I was planning on [...]

With the Mariners winning three straight series under the tutelage of interim manager Daren Brown, there’s a growing movement among the fanbase to remove the “interim” tag and make Brown the M’s full-time manager.  This isn’t something I’m necessarily opposed to, but I’d rather the team took their time and had a proper interview process [...]

The draft pick signing deadline passed last night, and while there weren’t too many surprises, there was certainly a lot of action.  I’m not terribly fond of how much of that action is necessitated by Bud Selig’s somewhat senseless distaste of over-slot bonuses, but that’s another discussion for another time. The Mariners were certainly involved [...]

I drove down to Tacoma this morning almost on a whim to watch Mauricio Robles’ AAA debut. I say “almost” because I did purchase the ticket last night, but I didn’t do so until after I found out Robles was pitching.  Wound up getting a GORGEOUS day for baseball (and not too hot where I [...]

Kirby Arnold has reported that the Seattle Mariners plan on sending seven ballplayers to play for the Peoria Javelinas in the upcoming Arizona Fall League.  Teams send some of the better upper minors prospects in all of baseball to the AFL to get extra work in after the season. Second baseman Dustin Ackley headlines the [...]